"Sanitation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The development and establishment of environmental conditions favorable to the health of the public.
| Descriptor ID |
D012499
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| MeSH Number(s) |
H02.229.782 N06.850.780.200.800 N06.850.860
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2019 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sanitation" by people in Profiles.
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Impact of a school-based water and hygiene intervention on child health and school attendance in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a cluster-randomised controlled trial. BMC Med. 2024 Sep 02; 22(1):348.
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Environmental and behavioural exposure pathways associated with diarrhoea and enteric pathogen detection in 5-month-old, periurban Kenyan infants: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 2022 10 31; 12(10):e059878.
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Somewhere to go: assessing the impact of public restroom interventions on reports of open defecation in San Francisco, California from 2014 to 2020. BMC Public Health. 2022 09 04; 22(1):1673.
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Does a school-based intervention to engage parents change opportunity for handwashing with soap at home? Practical experience from the Mikono Safi trial in Northwestern Tanzania. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2022 06; 16(6):e0010438.
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Urban Water Access and Use in the Kivus: Evaluating Behavioural Outcomes Following an Integrated WASH Intervention in Goma and Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 01 18; 19(3).
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Measuring and valuing broader impacts in public health: Development of a sanitation-related quality of life instrument in Maputo, Mozambique. Health Econ. 2022 03; 31(3):466-480.
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Using path analysis to test theory of change: a quantitative process evaluation of the MapSan trial. BMC Public Health. 2021 07 16; 21(1):1411.
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How does sanitation influence people's quality of life? Qualitative research in low-income areas of Maputo, Mozambique. Soc Sci Med. 2021 03; 272:113709.
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Impact of a school-based water, sanitation and hygiene programme on children's independent handwashing and toothbrushing habits: a cluster-randomised trial. Int J Public Health. 2020 Dec; 65(9):1699-1709.
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COVID-19: urgent actions, critical reflections and future relevance of 'WaSH': lessons for the current and future pandemics. J Water Health. 2020 Oct; 18(5):613-630.